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init.d4vlc:


https://github.com/bertrandmartel/vlc-boot

Start a init.d VLC script at boot on your Raspberry PI for example in this case to loop videos in a specific folder.

In this example, VLC is executed as the pi user since the root user is denied using VLC, see vlc_boot.sh



start_vlc.sh:

#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/cvlc -L /media/usb1/




vlc_boot:

#!/bin/bash

case "$1" in
    start)
        echo "Starting vlc_boot service..."

        COMMAND_TO_RUN=`start-stop-daemon -S -b -m -p $PID_FILE -x $VLC_START_SCRIPT& :`
        setsid sh -c $COMMAND_TO_RUN> /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null

        echo -e "\E[31;33m[ OK ]\E[0m"
        ;;
    stop)
        echo "Stopping vlc_boot service..."

        start-stop-daemon -K -q -p $PID_FILE

        echo -e "\E[31;33m[ OK ]\E[0m"
        ;;
    restart|reload)
        "$0" stop
        "$0" start
        ;;
    *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
        exit 1
esac

exit $?



vlc_boot.sh:   ++this is where the user is defined (pi, change when otherwise)

#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0
su pi -c start_vlc.sh&
echo $! > /tmp/vlc_boot.pid


 











install

cp vlc_boot.sh /bin/
cp start_vlc.sh /bin/
cp vlc_boot /etc/init.d/
update-rc.d vlc_boot defaults
systemctl enable vlc_boot




##videolooper
##raspi
##linux



last edited:September 19, 2024



automountusbandplayvideo:


config
doku for raspi5

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/66169/auto-mount-usb-stick-on-plug-in-without-uuid

Requirements

    Install pmount if not installed sudo apt-get install pmount
    This script mounts drives to /media/usb*, so make sure those folders aren't occupied. If you want a cleaner look, don't create any folders.

Udev rule

    Create file /etc/udev/rules.d/usbstick.rules

    Insert:

    ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="sd[a-z][0-9]", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}="usbstick-handler@%k"

    Save and close

Systemd service

    Create file /lib/systemd/system/usbstick-handler@.service

    Insert:

    [Unit]
    Description=Mount USB sticks
    BindsTo=dev-%i.device
    After=dev-%i.device

    [Service]
    Type=oneshot
    RemainAfterExit=yes
    ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/cpmount /dev/%I
    ExecStop=/usr/bin/pumount /dev/%I


    Save and close

Mount script

    Create file /usr/local/bin/cpmount

    Insert:

    #!/bin/bash
    if mountpoint -q /media/usb1
    then
       if mountpoint -q /media/usb2
       then
          if mountpoint -q /media/usb3
          then
             if mountpoint -q /media/usb4
             then
                 echo "No mountpoints available!"
                 #You can add more if you need
             else
                 /usr/bin/pmount --umask 000 --noatime -w --sync $1 usb4
             fi
          else
             /usr/bin/pmount --umask 000 --noatime -w --sync $1 usb3
          fi
       else
          /usr/bin/pmount --umask 000 --noatime -w --sync $1 usb2
       fi
    else
       /usr/bin/pmount --umask 000 --noatime -w --sync $1 usb1
    fi

    Give execute permission to the (root) user: chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/cpmount

    Save and close


Play Video

 mkdir ~/.config/autostart
 
 create a file > vlcstart.desktop
 
 [Desktop Entry]
 Type=Application
 Name=VLCAutostart
 Comment=VLC Autostart
 Exec=/usr/bin/vlc -f -L --no-video-title-show /media/usb1/
 Terminal=false



Reboot your RPi and test.



##videolooper
##raspi5
##linux



last edited:September 19, 2024